Talking Sex Robots With Realistic Genitals Will Be On Sale For US$15,000 In 2017

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Sex robots that can talk, are sensitive touch, vibrate and have "humanlike" genitals are coming in 2017, but for a hefty price of US$15,000 a doll.

Long Story

Lifelike sex robots have been predicted in sci-fi and by futurologists for a long time but they may now be right on our doorstep. David Levy, the guy who predicts that by 2050 sex with robots will be more common than with humans, writes that a revolutionary new product is coming out next year that will revolutionise the sex toy industry.

"This coming wave of sex robots will be humanlike in appearance and size," wrote Levy in the Daily Mail (as seen via Metro UK). "They will have humanlike genitals. And they will allow intercourse according to their owner’s sexual orientation and tastes."

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These new robots developed by California-based Abyss Creations will have synthetic skin embedded with electronic sensors, enabling them to react, move, vibrate, warm up and yes, even talk.

Levy, who wrote a book called Love Sex and Robots said these first versions of sex robots with built-in artificial intelligence won't be too advanced and pretty costly. The first model will supposedly come out in 2017 and will only be able to say simple things. It'll also retail for a not-so-cheap US$15,000. However, eventually "they will be become ever more lifelike as technology advances and new material becomes available and affordable," said Levy.

Of course, this isn't the first time we've seen sex dolls. Abyss Creations' RealDolls are already extremely real-looking (check out its website if you're not at work). But, those ones are just dolls. The future will clearly be in the bonified sex robots equipped with artificial intelligence.

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If sex robots get too advanced, will people simply want to be have sex with them instead of real people? You needn't think too far in the future for the answer to that because it's already happening. Just listen to this a must-listen-to podcast episode by Love + Radioprofiling a real life "Dollator."

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"Remember when humans used to have sex with other humans? Pft, how lame" -- says person in 2050?

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One might expect China or Korea to lead the way in sex robots, but Levy says America is currently the innovator to beat.